sensation-seeking

Virtually from their first days in the White House, the theme goes, President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton were confronted with a sensation-seeking press, eager to taint them with scandal.

Portrait of a Presidency Under Siege Dorothy Rabinowitz 2012

"Watching horror movies is a characteristic of the sensation-seeking personality," says Marvin Zuckerman, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Delaware.

Evolutionary psychology explores ancient and newer roots of instinctual fears Arthur Allen 2010

Appreciative athletes are a sight more uplifting than unhappy families in a sensation-seeking environment

Delhi delivers absolute delight to daytime-TV schedules Martin Kelner 2010

Interestingly, although people with varying levels of some personality traits, such as neuroticism, agreeableness and conscientiousness, intermarry at a seemingly random rate, high-sensation seekers - as well as those on the low end of the sensation-seeking scale - tend to pick similarly arousable people as mates.

Evolutionary psychology explores ancient and newer roots of instinctual fears Arthur Allen 2010

Interestingly, although people with varying levels of some personality traits, such as neuroticism, agreeableness and conscientiousness, intermarry at a seemingly random rate, high-sensation seekers - as well as those on the low end of the sensation-seeking scale - tend to pick similarly arousable people as mates.

Evolutionary psychology explores ancient and newer roots of instinctual fears Arthur Allen 2010

Novelty Shop neophiliacs At one extreme end are the sensation-seeking "neophiliacs" who chase the new at all costs.

Week in Words Erin McKean 2012

At one extreme end are the sensation-seeking "neophiliacs" who chase the new at all costs.

Taking a Novel Approach to Life Eric Felten 2012

Critics of armchair generals, those almost invariably male champions of no-fly zones and surging ground troops, might also reflect on the words of Professor Geoffrey Beattie, head of psychological sciences at Manchester University and resident psychologist on ITV's Ghost Hunting With Celebrities, who writes that men "exhibit higher levels of sensation-seeking and risk-taking in a wide variety of settings".

Sorry, but cheaper car insurance patronises women | Catherine Bennett 2011

"Watching horror movies is a characteristic of the sensation-seeking personality," says Marvin Zuckerman, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Delaware.

Evolutionary psychology explores ancient and newer roots of instinctual fears Arthur Allen 2010

Sarah Palin's face during an interview, I'm pretty sure she (and her loyal fans) would have spent the next several years excoriating the entire field of broadcast journalism as nothing but a pack of crude, sensation-seeking attack dogs.

Jeffrey Shaffer: The Double Standard World of Sarah Palin 2010